KIDDERMINSTER manager Jan Molby leads his Third Division side into an FA Cup clash with Premiership Wolves today but could be forgiven for extra interest in one result from the West Country tomorrow.

KIDDERMINSTER manager Jan Molby leads his Third Division side into an FA Cup clash with Premiership Wolves today but could be forgiven for extra interest in one result from the West Country tomorrow.

The West Midlands pairing was not the only top flight versus minnows mismatch thrown up by the third-round draw as Yeovil, promoted from the Nationwide Conference at the end of last season, are hosting mighty Liverpool.

Molby collected three FA Cup winner's medals during his spell at Anfield between 1984 and 1996 before a managerial career which saw him take Kidderminster out of the Conference during his first spell in the Aggborough hotseat.

Yeovil counterpart Gary Johnson accomplished the same feat at the end of the last campaign but Molby got the better of his Huish Park counterpart on Boxing Day when Kidderminster claimed a 2-1 away victory.

Both managers will have different priorities this weekend with Molby conceding beleaguered Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier could come under extra pressure should he fail to progress.

Molby said, "I sympathise with Gerard Houllier because I sympathise with all managers under pressure and I don't think all the criticism he gets is fair.

"He has to accept some of the blame and I don't think he's running away from that either, but he'd want to be judged in May and if he's fourth in the Premiership by then, I think that's going to be acceptable.

"The total domination Liverpool had, and for a spell you have to accept that's what it was, is going to be almost impossible to reach again. That was a fantastic honour to play in that side because before then I'd been at Ajax with some of the best players in the world like Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit but stepping up to play at Liverpool was better because the players were actually better."

Molby added, "We'd tried to keep our build up for Wolves low-key because we had league matters to attend to over Christmas but I have to say I've been slightly surprised with the interest in our game. This game is a potential upset but the lads are very relaxed and they're looking forward to it.

"Games like this can go two ways, you rise to the occasion or you freeze and I don't think the players will freeze."